Swanton Berry Farm is a organic UFW contract company in Davenport CA, in Santa Cruz County. "Angela" worker who labors there invites UFW supporters in the area to try their holiday pies, saying we have apple, pecan, blackberry and strawberry rhubarb pies. #WeFeedYou

It's been a strong year for voter turnout, with ABQ's City Council District 3 leading the way in runoff elections at nearly 42%.

Make sure to check out https://citydesk.org for full voter turnout numbers!

#YourVoice #YourVote #LocalElections #Albuquerque #ABQ #NewMexico

Tech journalism has failed us for decades.

If you’re tired to Billionaire-bought media, join the @roots of change media ecosystem.

We inform, educate, and offer actions!

Capitalist #media & #tech are designed to make us feel bad, small, and without agency.

What if we did it differently?
https://www.rootschangemedia.com/about/

RE: https://mstdn.social/@TechCrunch/115747502782877626

This is an amazing example for why the public is complacent on Big Tech.

This is their playbook. 👇🏼
Toss a few crumbs about privacy and kids.
Get positive-ish news coverage.
Tech press doesn’t ask questions.
Tech keeps exploiting children.
Something bad happens.
Rinse & repeat.

#BigTech #Journalism #Media #Tech #AI

#WaterwayMapOrg goes global!
(I upgraded #MapLibre, and I turned on Globe View)
https://waterwaymap.org/

@davidgerard I’m a born & raised Texan. I hate the guy but he has been consistent on anti-tech lawsuits. They also sued Google for their advertising monopoly.

Even in Texas a broken clock is right twice.

In 2020, my Nazi brother-in-law shared a link from a rightwing “newspaper” that said anti-racist groups were dropping flyers in wealthy neighborhoods about racists school policies. The language was weird. It was so off from anything any left-leaning messaging I’d ever seen.

Pretty quickly, I found the real story that right-wing groups were planting these flyers to scare white residents.

Anyways, here’s this story… #uspol
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/16/fbi-informant-turtle-island-terror-plot/

@xconde I love that! I’ve found her to be a very genuine person who got whipped up by the Hollywood star machine. She’s really deepened into herself and makes me want to stay on my journey too.

I just finished the whole interview and they go into some big topics like sex, stories under capitalism, etc.

Denmark Begins its Exit from Microsoft — and This is Just the Beginning
https://itsfoss.com/news/denmark-road-traffic-authority-ditches-microsoft/
The move is part of a government-wide effort to reduce dependency on Microsoft software. The traffic department's move is just the beginning.

btw Spotify Wrapped was invented and made by Black intern Jewel Ham who was subsequently not hired

Obsessed with Kristen Stewart taking down Marlon Brando and the concept of male method acting 🤣

It’s so true. The patriarchal bravado hides a vulnerability that toxic masculinity hates. #film #movie #hollywood #feminism

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/_h-iKKIqYek

#Beavers are #Dam Good for #Biodiversity, Bringing #Bats, #Butterflies and Other Critters to Their Neighborhoods. Two new studies suggest that the semi #aquatic #rodents provide food and #habitat for #bats and #pollinator #insects within their engineered #ecosystems https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/beavers-are-dam-good-for-biodiversity-bringing-bats-butterflies-and-other-critters-to-their-neighborhoods-180987717/ #environment #nature #biodiversity

I've been trying to figure out the best/least harmful/least terrible web browser and I think I'll go draw in the dirt with a stick.

Water is Political.

Since colonization, the Southwest has been fighting about water. The politicians, states, and corporations fight it out for more water. And the people are the ones who get left behind.

#uspol #ai #datacenters

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/16/colorado-river-water-users-association-conference-00676796

This is a really good question from @mathaetaes. The first thing I keep telling everyone in other cities who wonders how they can help, what they can do:

Get organized NOW. Meet your neighbors NOW. Get your neighbors set up with secure messaging NOW. Form multiple hyper-local neighborhood social groups NOW. Organize a block picnic or community craft night or repair workshop or whatever NOW. Get contact info for the human beings who physically show up for neighborhood events NOW.

Form all those local connections ASAP, so that they’re there when you need them. The hardest lines of communication to establish will be the ones with the people closest to you. If you get local lines open in advance, you’ll be in a far, far better place.

https://infosec.exchange/@mathaetaes/115731104851949153

A new alert for missing Native people has been issued just six times. State police deny most requests. - New Mexico In Depth
https://nmindepth.com/2025/a-new-alert-for-missing-native-people-has-been-issued-just-six-times-state-police-deny-most-requests/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into New Mexico In-Depth @new-mexico-in-depth-NMInDepth

@dnkboston we use @spectra at @roots and I know they just put out a call for donations. I’m sure climate would be an awesome addition.

RE: https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/115725882940421193

"The Princess Bride" won our poll on favorite Rob Reiner movies, but we agree with most of the comments, who said it was almost impossible to choose. Better poll questions? The one you watched most recently, the one you plan to watch next, or the one you quote/reference most frequently. How we enjoyed the outpouring of love for Reiner: His talent, and his integrity.

Here are a couple of pieces we read and enjoyed over the past few days. 1.) @AssociatedPress's tribute to Michele Singer Reiner, the photographer and producer

2.) Wil Wheaton's gorgeous tribute to Rob, who directed him in "Stand By Me."

"When I was turning 13, and realizing that my own father didn’t care about me, that my mother didn’t see me as a son, but as a thing she could put to work, Rob Reiner made me feel loved, valued, seen, and respected," Wheaton writes. "Rob was a good person who put great art into the world, who made a positive difference in more lives than any of us can imagine. The world is a better place thanks to his activism and the way he chose to use all of his privilege and influence."

Rest in peace, Rob and Michele.

https://flip.it/q2143y
https://flip.it/Zymedj

#RobReiner #MicheleSingerReiner #Hollywood #Movies #Film #Celebrity #Entertainment #RIP #InMemoriam

Someone at a conference I'm attending just called ChatGPT "capitalism on cocaine."